Apparently not. Or at least not the ever-challenging national anthem in high-profile performances. According to a new survey ranking the worst renditions of "The Star-Spangled Banner," Christina Aguilera sits at the top -- or is it on the bottom? -- of that heap.

It may be that the IHeartRadio audience is too young to remember Roseanne Barr’s way-under-the-top vocal before a San Diego Padres game back in 1990, one that still is capable of inducing shudders in anyone with the remotest affinity for music.

IHeartRadio surveys its audience monthly on a variety of topics. Another subject of the survey that ranked the national anthem performances found that listeners favored "Lil’ Kim" as an alternative name for Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s baby, with 33.6% voting for that over Central Park (32.7%), Baby Yeezus (18.7%) and, Pop & Hiss’ favorite, South By South (14.9%).

The Bible, it is rigorously and rightly observed in "The Good Book," flows through American culture like blood. No question. If you wanted to simplify the nation's most persistent schism, you could do a lot worse than to argue that the interpretation of biblical precepts is at its core. The...

There's no escaping the backdrop of Death Cab for Cutie's eighth studio album, "Kintsugi" (Atlantic). No names are named, but the breakup of singer Ben Gibbard's marriage with actress Zooey Deschanel shadows every note.

Comedian Kevin Hart is everywhere, all the time. At least it seems that way. If he's not in a movie, he's on a TV series. If he's not hosting an award show, he's presenting at one. If he's not hitting the late-night talk show circuit, he's hosting the Justin Bieber Comedy Central roast. Not...